Record cabinet for talking machines



J. B. OGDEN.

RECORD CABINET FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILD MAR. 21. 1921.

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WETNESSES ATTO FIN EY J. B. OGDEN.

RECORD CABINET FOR TALKING MACHINES- APPLICATION man MAR 21. 1921.

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WITNESSES JOHN BROWNING OGDEN, 0F LYN CHBURG, VIRGINIA.

RECORD CABINET FOR TALKING MACHINES.

Application filed March 21, 1921.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. OGDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Campbell and.

.machines being supported upon the cabinet tops, and a separate moulding being provided to hold the machine in place. In this construction, the cabinet has to be made large enough to provide for fastening the moulding in place which results in making the cabinet larger than the machine and necessarily detracting from the appearance of the structure as a unit.

The principal objects of the-invention are to provide a record cabinet construction which, because it has the same dimensionsas the talking machine, forms a unit with the machine cabinet so that the two combine to make substantially a single structure in size and appearance, which is more economical to manufacture and entails the use of less lumber than other cabinets now on the market, which is more easily shipped and. with less liability of damage in shipment than other cabinets, and which in general is adaptable to the various types of table talking machines.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in the drawing, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one of the record cabinets combined with a talking machine.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the record cabinet with the door open.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

Serial No. 454,075.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a vertical fragmentary section through the talking machine and record cabinet showing the means for connecting the two together.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view machine shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevation looking from the rear of the cabinet and machine. 7

The numeral 10 designates the four legs of the improved record cabinet, these legs being rabbeted to the sides 11 and to the rear panel 13. The front of the cabinet is made up wholly of the hinged door 12 which opens as is shown in Fig. 2, and is held closed by a spring latch mounted thereon and engaging with the top of the cabinet.

of the talking The interior of the cabinethas partitions, as shown, for receiving books of record.

The top of the cabinet is left open and the four sided frame 15, composed of four like parts rabbeted or otherwise secured to each other, is secured within the cabinet a short distance below the upper edges of the panels 11 and 13. This frame braces the legs and the panels of the cabinet and performs: no other function. The front bar of the frame serves as a stop for the hinged door 12 and carries a cooperating part of the door latch. The upper ends of the legs 10 are notched as at 1O so as to seat the frame 15. p

The upper edges of the panels 11 and 13 have extensions 16 and 17 respectively, while the door 12 has a like extension 18, all of said extensions being exactly alike in form.

The talking machine has a base molding 21 and broad flat feet 22 projecting below the base molding. To accommodate this machine, the extensions 16; 1.7 and 18 are provided. These extensionsfit the space between two adjacent feet 22. while the latter rest upon the upper ends of the legs 10, as well as upon those portions of the panels 11. 13 on each side of the extensions 16 and 17. For other types of machines which do not have feet, it is not necessary to employ the extensions of the side panels of the door. The invention is not to be considered, therefore, as limited to the use of these extensions. Furthermore, the particular form of extensions shown may be varied somewhat. Other types of talking machines could be accommodated upon the cabinet by slightly changing the configuration of the panel extensions.

The rear panel 13 has countersunk bores let whereby screws 23 may be passed upwardly through thetop edge of said panel and enter the base 20 of the talking machine;

also the front bar of frame 15 has-screw ing the weight orthe cabinet as a whole, be-

sides saving the material and labor of making the tops. By the present invention the talking machine itself 'lt'orms 'the'to'p of the record cabinet, and the unitary appearance which is so much desired is obtained by constructing the CtLblDGbilO fit the base of the machine. Once secured in position, the talking machine cannot be removed from the record cabinet unless this is ;deliberat'el done. The two orm For all practical pur-' poses a single structure.

It will be noted that the moulded'box or the talking machine rests upon the upper edges of the panels j 1, 13 of the cabinet, the shape of said moulded base being approximated by the shape of the panel extensions 16', 17fand the door extension 18. "The feet rest upon the upper ends of'tlie'legs; Since the base and legs are thicker than the panels and door, it necessarily tollowsthat they overhang the inside of the cabinet but donot touch the frame 15, as Fig. l shows."

The herein described construction provides a record cabinet which in length and width is oi substantially the same dimensions as the talking machine, thereby making it possible to construct a cheaper cabinet, and one which will look more'like aunit when combined with the talking machine. What is claimedis:

1; In a record cabinet designed to sup port a talking machine thereupon, said cabinet having sul'istantially the same width and structure.

length as'the tall-ring machine and provided with legs, side panels and a door with no top, a fourssided open. itrame seated within and secured to the cabinet below the upper edges of the panels and door, the said upper edges of the panels and the door being shaped to fit the underside of the molded base ofthe talking machine, and constitute the support for the same. I

2. In a cabinet designed to support a talking machine thereuponysaid' cabinet having substantially the same width andlength as the talking machine and provided with legs.

side panels, and-a hinged door, a tour-sided open rigid frame seated within the legs and panels and secured to the cabinet at the upper end thereof, said frame serving as an abutment for the door and as abrace for the upper part of the cabinet, said cabinet being open at the top, the talking'machinelwhich rests upon the-panels andlegs serving as the top for the cabinet and combining therewith to present the appearance of a unified'structure. l j

3. In a cabinet having legs, side panels and a hinged door, four-sided open'trame seated within and see red to the cabinet below 1 the upper end thereof, said frame serving as an abutment for the door and as aninternal brace for 'the'upper part of the cabinet, said cabinet haying no top, the

upper edges ot the sidepanelsand the upper edge '01"- the door having extensions shaped to it into the moulded base 01" a talkingmachine, whereby the cabinet and talking machine present the appearance of a unified A record cabinet designed tosupport atalking machine, said cabinet having substantially the same width "and length as a talking machineand provided with legs and sidepanels with no top, a tour-sided open frame seated Wltlllll and secured to the cabi-i net below the upper edges of the'panels, the

said u er ed es of the panels havin exten P b 1 b sions shaped totit into the molded base of a talking machine,*-'whereby the cabinet and talkln machine present the appearance of a unified structure. I I

In testlmony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature.

JOHN BROXVNING 

